Thursday, 18 September 2008

After Pascal's death

Here are some more lyrics//this song won't be on the first album because the recording makes it sound like a cha-cha-cha calypso song. It wasn't intentional. These things happen.// it may be released at a later date with a little healthy revision.

After Pascal's death a servant discovered
Sewn in to his coat a scrap of parchment
That apparently he carried around
Among it's breathless lines and broken phrases
Read a true insight - a cry of amazement
An experience only God himself can give

and it said...
Non des philosophes et des savants
Certitude! Certitude!
It's not to scholars or philosophers
Not to learning, but to love

From a mind so brilliant
Came a truth so humbling
That wisdom speaks
To those who seek that which cannot be found from within
There's no disgrace nor any shame
In risking all in simple faith
No words describe the peace of mind
For those who trust in what they don't see

Père juste, le monde ne t'a point connu, mais je t'ai connu
Righteous Father, they have not known you, but I have known You

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